Spring 2025 Adjunct Faculty COUN 611 01: Law, Ethics and Values
Location: Moraga, CA
Open Date: Dec 10, 2024
Deadline:
Description:Per course adjunct faculty for the Counseling program's course, COUN 611-01.
Founded in 1863, Saint Mary's is a residential campus nestled 20 miles east of San Francisco in the picturesque Moraga Valley. Based in the Catholic, Lasallian and Liberal Arts traditions, Saint Mary's currently enrolls more than 4,000 students from diverse backgrounds in undergraduate and graduate programs. The De La Salle Christian Brothers, the largest teaching order of the Roman Catholic Church, guide the spiritual and academic character of the College.
As a comprehensive and independent institution, Saint Mary's offers undergraduate and graduate programs integrating liberal and professional education. Saint Mary's reputation for excellence, innovation, and responsiveness in education stems from its vibrant heritage as a Catholic, Lasallian and Liberal Arts institution. An outstanding, committed faculty and staff that value shared inquiry, integrative learning, and student interaction bring these traditions to life in the 21st century. The College is committed to the educational benefits of diversity.
Qualifications:
COUN 611 Law, Ethics, & Values (3 Units) Wednesdays 4:15 - 7:00 PM
COUN 611 is a 3-unit graduate counseling course that is required for all SMC students earning a master's degree in counseling across all master's in counseling specializations in the COUN department.
Course Description: This course investigates legal, ethical, and values issues as they relate to counseling students in all specializations. The class is designed to teach a process of ethical decision-making and to increase awareness of the complexities in practice. The main goals of the course are to encourage the student to think about major issues related to sound and professional practice in mental health professions and to challenge students to review their own values and beliefs regarding issues often reviewed in counseling. Students will be able to:

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  Demonstrate ethical decision-making skills through practice with the IRAC decision-making model in practice vignettes and final exams
  
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  Identify legal and ethical concepts in counseling and apply the principles and laws to a variety of specific problem situations presented in class
  
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  Demonstrate skills in crisis intervention models with emphasis on the laws requiring action
  
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  Improve their self-awareness regarding personal and professional values that may enhance or interfere with competent practice
  

Required Qualifications:
Candidates must have an M.S., M.A., and/or Ph.D. in the relevant area of Counseling or Psychology.
Evidence of college teaching experience with high ratings or at least 3 years of full-time experience (or the equivalent) as a practicing clinician (i.e., MFT, PCC, Clinical or Counseling Psychologist, School Counselor, School Psychologist, College Student Counselor, or Career Counselor).
Broad knowledge of the counseling field (theory, research, and practice) and of the specific counseling professions identified in the previous sentence.
Preferred Qualifications:
Evidence of excellence in teaching similar (experiential) graduate counseling or psychology courses.
In-depth knowledge of SMC's counseling department and of the six career specializations that the SMC counseling students are entering: MFT/PCC, School Counselor, School Psychologist, College Student Counselor, or Career Counselor; some students plan to continue their education and earn a doctorate in Clinical or Counseling Psychology or related field.
Must be a California Resident.
To apply, visit https://apply.interfolio.com/160530

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